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Anon thinks history books should be more creative (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 11 months ago by Early_To_Risa@sh.itjust.works to c/greentext@sh.itjust.works

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[–] hesusingthespiritbomb@lemmy.world 29 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Romulus Augustus was the teenage son of a warlord who had taken over Rome. The eastern empire did not recognize his successor state as Rome, and did not recognize any Emporer after Julius Nepos.

The warlord gave Romulus Augustus that name in an attempt to legitimize his claim to the throne.

It didn't work. He was overthrown rather quickly. While the warlord was killed, Romulus Augustus himself was considered so irrelevant that they let him live.

[–] StaplesMcGee@lemm.ee 10 points 11 months ago (1 children)

That warlord was Orestes. Funnily enough, he had previously been in the court of Attila the Hun.

[–] AltheaHunter@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 11 months ago

What is this, a crossover episode?